Every Thursday we send out a curated newsletter on all things femtech and women’s health innovation. This is an excerpt from the latest edition. If you’d like to subscribe, you can do so at the bottom of this page.
Highlights
Kegg creator Lady Technologies raises $6.5M Series A to expand vaginal health platform.
Conceivable Life Sciences raises $18M to automate IVF labs.
Fembleraises €350; pivots from cycle app to healthcare content platform.
Singapore’s Aura Fem Healthraises $200K for personalized women’s health platform.
Metronomicacquires Iron Health to scale OB/GYN practice support platform.
ScreenPoint MedicalacquiresBiomediq to enhance breast cancer risk assessment.
Cignapartners with Progyny to expand fertility benefits access.
1337 Ventures launches Southeast Asia’s first femtech accelerator program.
Food-as-Medicine platform Chiyolaunches new program for hormone balance and fertility support.
Vivoo launches new reproductive health tests and smart toilet at CES 2025.
Bioceptive and Trimedicpartner to launch a pain-reducing alternative to the tenaculum for IUD insertion.
The first vaginal oestrogen cream is now available over-the-counter at UK pharmacy Boots.
Clearblue and Evernowpartner to connect at-home testing with menopause care.
Bayer‘s Elinzanetant shows positive results for treatment of hot flashes in breast cancer patients.
Hippocratic AI‘s new healhtcare app store launches with clinician-built women’s health AI agents.
CES Best of Innovation Winner Eli Health launches smartphone-based hormone testing device.
In the Know
Finding Signal in the CES Noise: A New Take on Women’s Health Innovation (Femtech Insider)
How ReMinded Is Making Mental Health Care More Measurable Through Rapid Cortisol Testing (Femtech Insider)
Too many men or too few women? New study finds how the gender gap is frames affects perceptions of it (Science Daily)
Does The Pace of Economic Growth Affect Fertility? (Institute for Family Studies)
Rethinking Fertility Trends in Developed Countries (Max Planck Institute)
Women spend more of their money on health care than men. And no, it’s not just about ‘women’s issues’ (The Conversation)
Who’s Hiring?
Below are some jobs we’ve curated for the women’s health innovation community this week.
Twentyeight Health is hiring a Marketing Associate.
Future Family is looking for a Senior FP&A.
Tia is hiring a Partnership Sales Senior Manager.
Sword Health is looking for a Senior Operations & Strategy Specialist.
Cayaba Care is looking for a Registered Nurse.
Bayer is looking for a Senior Medical Science Liaison – Women’s Healthcare.
To view more roles or add your own, visit our job board.
